United Nations Decade of Ocean Science

The UN Ocean Decade designed 10 Challenges to complete before the decade is over. The Challenges are ambitious, so the Vision 2030 Initiative was set up to support each of the 10 Challenges.

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IOC Africa in Numbers

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Member States
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Marine species recorded

in the UNESCO Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)

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Daily ocean observations

carried out by 84 countries under UNESCO's global coordination

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of the seabed will be mapped by 2030

compared to 26% currently, through the General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean (GEBCO)

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